No Matter What It Takes (BOOK 3)

Chapter 9

After a couple of days resting in the hospital, lalabas na si Boss para sa kanyang hearing, cause he promised that he would take full responsibility on what he did, at ngayon ay nasa supreme court na siya para sa kanyang hearing.

After that hearing the judge let Boss to pay for his bail because he was found not guilty at lahat ng mga ebidensya ay tinuturong si Beam talaga ang may kasalanan kaya mabubulok na ito sa kulungan at hindi na makakalaya pa.

At Boss and Noeul's house in the Philippines.

Noeul was standing at the terrace when Boss came and hug him.

Boss: what's wrong ter?
Noeul: hmmm, nothing i'm okay, just tired
Boss: you want to sleep now ter?
Noeul: can i?
Boss: of course, you must be tired so yeah go ahead you can sleep first, ter
Noeul: thank you, good night

Pagkapasok ni Noeul sa kanilang kwarto ay tinawagan ni Boss si Fort.

Fort: yes, what's the prob Boss?
Boss: nothing it's just that i am worried for my marriage
Fort: why? Do you think hindi na yun matutuloy?
Boss: yeah i think so,
Fort: oh come on Boss, how can you say that man? Of course matutuloy yun, just give Noeul some time, you know he is just shocked about what happened to his parents and imagine grewing up with them and planning things with them tapos bigla nalang silang mawawala na parang bula, of course it still hurts
Boss: and now i think it's my fault
Fort: no of course not, it isn't your fault, si Beam ang dapat na sisihin at hindi ikaw and for sure hindi ka din sinisisi ni Noeul sa nangyari kaya wag mo ng sisihin yung sarili mo
Boss: you think?
Fort: of course do you think i'm lying? I'm your cousin man, why would i lie to you, and also just give Noeul a time to heal mahirap at masakit yung pinagdadaanan niya and what we needs right now is love and comfort from you, although we can give it to him but Peat also need me, kailangang kailangan ka ni Noeul ngayon Boss so please don't lose hope and just tell him how much you love and that you'll always be on his side
Boss: yeah thank you, sige na matutulog na ako,

Paalam nito at binaba na ang tawag.

Kinabukasan.

Nagkaya-yaan sina Peat at Noeul na lumabas kaya ngayon ay nandito sila sa Mall para kumain.

Peat: so are you okay now?

Ramdam kasi ni Peat na hanggang ngayon ay nasasaktan pa din si Noeul dahil sa pagka-wala ng mga magulang nila and hindi naman siya masisisi ni Peat dahil ganun din ito, mukha lang silang matapang na dalawa sa panlabas pero sobrang hina nila sa panloob at kailangan nila ng konting oras para mag-heal buti nalang at nandyan sila Fort at Boss para sa kanila.

Noeul: i'm still hurt Peat
Peat: of course i knew that, i mean who wouldn't right, kahit nga ako na hindi nila tunay na anak eh nasasaktan pa din pero Noeul baka mamaya niyan makalimutan mo na si Boss ah,
Noeul: Boss?
Peat: Oo, ikakasal na kayo sa susunod na buwan, and nasabi sa akin ni Fort na iniiwasan mo daw si Boss, tell me, sinisisi mo ba siya sa mga nangyari?
Noeul: no, of course not, hindi ko siya sinisisi sa mga nangyari, it's just that i'm hurting inside
Peat: Boss is hurting too, iniiwasan mo siya and for him it was like sinisisi mo siya sa mga nangyari
Noeul: no i never did that, hindi ko siya sinisisi kasi wala naman siyang kasalanan
Peat: then ikaw mismo ang magsabi niyan sa kanya, tell him how much you love him and how much you needed his comfort, kesa iniiwasan mo siya ng ganito, kasi hangga't umiiwas ka ng umiiwas lalo lang mararamdaman ni Boss, at mas lalo lang niyang sisisihin yung sarili niya, Noeul we are always here for you, (sabi nito sabay hawak sa kamay ni Noeul) and Boss were always there beside you, through your ups and downs palagi siyang nandyan at hindi ka iniwan kaya sana wag mo yung kalimutan
Noeul: i never forgot that, maybe i just needed some time to heal
Peat: then let Boss help you heal like how Fort helps me to heal from this pain, believe me kahit gaano man kalaki o kaliit yang sakit na nararamdaman mo matutulungan ka ni Boss na malampasan lahat yun, and sana wag mo din hayaan na masira niyang pain na nararamdaman mo yung relasyon at yung pamilyang bubuuhin niyong dalawa ni Boss,

And after that he stood up to pat Noeul's head and walked away, he left Noeul their sitting all alone,

Thinking what he should do para makabawi kay Boss,

Past 4:30 pm na nang maka-uwi si Noeul sa kanila at naabutan niya pa si Boss sa kusina na nagluluto ng pagkain para sa kanila, lumapit siya dito at niyakap niya ito mula sa kanyang likuran.

Boss: what's wrong ter? (gulat na tanong niya dito, haharap sana siya dito pero pinigilan siya nito)
Noeul: i love you ter,
Boss: what's with the sudden confession ter? Aren't you mad at me anymore?
Noeul: i'm not mad at you, it's just that i want some time alone, you know to heal, and to forget everything that happened
Boss: ter, (this time pinilit nito na harapin si Noeul kahit nakayakap pa din ito sa kanya) palagi lang akong nandito sa tabi mo, okay, no matter what it takes hindi kita iiwan at syaka isa pa, diba ikakasal pa tayo?
Noeul: oum, so.
Boss: so?
Noeul: where's my i love you too ter?
Boss: (he laughed before answering) i love you too ter, i love you more, i love you always and forever, and i will always love you no matter what happened (and after that he kissed Noeul's lips, and Noeul kissed him back)

Ganun lang ang pwesto nila after ng limang minuto, maya-maya ay tumunog ang takore nila hudyat na kumukulo na ang tubig na laman nito.

Noeul: so what's for dinner?
Boss: dinner?
Noeul: yeah you're cooking right?
Boss: yeah kaso nagbago na yung isip ko, ayaw ko ng magluto
Noeul: bakit?
Boss: gusto ko kasi na ikaw nalang yung kainin
Noeul: ter naman, just continue cooking, i'm kinda hungry, tho.
Boss: saan ka ba kasi galing ter?
Noeul: at the mall with Peat, ter, we watched movies pero hindi kami kumain, kuripot eh

And with that Noeul can see in Boss' eyes that he is happy, dahil finally ay okay na sila at wala na silang nakikita pang problema.

Sana, sana nga, sana nga wala na.

End of Chapter 9